Do you need a first aid kit in your vehicle?

car first aid kit

First aid kit for your car

In an ideal world, we’d all be so poised and graceful so as to never bump, scrape, or otherwise inflict pain on ourselves. Children wouldn’t fight, mid-afternoon headaches wouldn’t creep up on us, and our perfectly manicured fingers would never be subject to hangnails. What a world that would be… but it’s certainly not the one we live in! And so, we must plan accordingly. Because if there’s anything worse than getting hurt or sick, it’s getting hurt and sick away from the house when you don’t have your well-stocked medicine cabinet on hand. But there’s hope away from home, in the form of a first aid kit in your car! Let’s go over what should be in yours.

Now of course, the options are pretty much limitless as to what you COULD pack, but you’d need to fill the entire back of an Escalade to cover every single base. So we’ll stick to the essentials, which fall roughly into three categories: emergency supplies, basic medical care items, and medicine. Small enough to fit in a sporty little Verano, big enough to save the day!

Emergency supplies –  Now, we could fill an entire article with what to put in an emergency kit (stay tuned for that, actually!), but the fundamentals include an extra mobile phone charger, flashlight (with spare batteries, stored outside the flashlight), and a lighter or matches.

Basic medical care items –  Think bandages in a variety of sizes and shapes, tweezers, instant hot/cold packs, cotton swabs, and hand sanitizer. Couldn’t hurt to throw in a little saline solution, as well.

Medicine –  You don’t need a whole pharmacy, but do make sure to have both aspirin and non-aspirin pain relievers, an antidiarrheal, some antacid, and whatever personal medications you might need on the go for things like allergies that can sometimes come on unannounced

Our list isn’t exhaustive by any means, but it should get you started. And even if you go through all the trouble putting it together and never end up using it –  that’s a pretty good problem to have! We at Palmen Buick GMC Cadillac wish you safe and happy travels, wherever you go!